- As a thank you at the end of filming Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) she gave wardrobe mistress Wyn Keely a solid gold bracelet charm in the shape of the car.
- Succeeded Julie Andrews in the original Broadway version of "My Fair Lady".
- Currently an Artistic Advisor for the Palm Beach Theater Guild. (February 2006)
- In 1990 she debuted her one-woman show, "From This Moment On", at the Edinburgh Festival and at a benefit for the Long Island AIDS Association at the John Drew Theatre in Easthampton, New York.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1963 Tony Award as best actress (musical) for a revival of Brigadoon.
- Adopted the two sons of Richard Adler after the death of his first wife in 1964. Younger son Christopher Adler was a Broadway director and lyricist who died from AIDS in 1984 at age 30. Older son Andrew Hart Adler is an artist who apprenticed under Willem de Kooning.
- The daughter of Bobby Howes and Patricia Malone, and sister of Peter Howes, Sally Ann Howes is a naturalized U.S. citizen.
- Often appeared on television and on the musical stage in the 1960s and the 1970s with actors/singers Earl Wrightson and Lois Hunt.
- Playing Mrs. Higgins in a touring company of "My Fair Lady". (September 2007)
- Competed for The Blue Lagoon (1949).
- Has two grandchildren.
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